2025: Strong & Skilled Offensive Linemen
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These offensive linemen possess exceptional athleticism and power they use to dominate their one on one matchups. Darius Afalava Darius Afalava 6'5" | 320 lbs | OL Skyridge | 2025 State UT || OL || 6’5 || 280 || Skyridge…
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Darius Afalava
Darius
Afalava
6'5" | 320 lbs | OL
Skyridge | 2025
State
UT
|| OL || 6’5 || 280 || Skyridge High School || 2025
Afalava does a great job kicking out defensive ends to widen holes for his teammates. He explodes off the snap and blows defensive linemen off the line with his physicality and impressive playing strength. Afalava does a good job keeping his hands inside and doesn’t stop his legs before the whistle. He does an excellent job siding his feet to cut off edge rushers in pass protection and maintains an excellent anchor to prevent himself from getting pushed back into the quarterback’s lap. His long arms allow him to keep defensive linemen off him, and his physical punch knocks every defender back.
Paxton Naegle
Paxton
Naegle
6'5" | 230 lbs | OL
Corner Canyon | 2025
State
UT
|| OL || 6’4 || 230 || Corner Canyon High School || 2025 Af
Naegle is an exceptional lead blocker for running backs to follow in the open field. On screens, he does a good job tricking defensive linemen into thinking it’s a regular pass play before clubbing them in the back. He gets out in space quickly and moves well in the open field to meet defensive backs and linebackers. Naegle is also an exceptional puller who keeps a tight path to the line and can level unsuspecting defensive linemen. He also does a good job tracking linebackers and adjusting his path to meet them in the hole. In pass protection, he does a good job communicating with his teammates to pick up twists.
Naimana Filivaolelei
Naimana
Filivaolelei
6'0" | 290 lbs | OL
Corner Canyon | 2025
State
UT
OL || 6’0 || 290 || Corner Canyon High School || 2025
Filivaolelei was a superstar at center for the Chargers in 2022. He does a great job blocking down to drive defensive tackles off the line of scrimmage. In short yardage and goal line situations, he can be counted on to get push against even the biggest nose tackles. Filivaolelei does a great job communicating with his teammates on both assignments in the run game and how to handle blitzes in pass protection. He loves to finish blocks and gives maximum effort on each play. In addition, Filivaolelei possesses elite leg drive he uses to drive defensive linemen back and push piles forward to maximize yards for running backs.
Max Harmer
Max
Harmer
6'3" | 265 lbs | OL
Olympus | 2025
State
UT
|| OL || 6’3 || 256 || Olympus High School || 2025
Harmer excels at climbing to the second level to take out linebackers. He doesn’t let them escape his grasp and can quickly flip his hips to turn them away from the play. Harmer is an elite athlete who moves well laterally to block defensive linemen and can get over a gap on stretch runs to free up his teammates on big runs. In addition to his blocking prowess, Harmer is also extremely versatile and can play anywhere up front. He also possesses elite arm length that helps him keep defensive linemen from breaking into the pocket on pass plays. The Titan’s offense will be in good hands, with Hamer leading the way.